Almost Perfect: the true story of the brutal, unsolved Crawford family murders. by Fogarty, Greg - 2005

Essendon: Pennon Publishing. Very Good+. 2005. First thus.. Paperback. 1877029882 . With photographic illustrations, inside of front cover has previous owners name blacked out otherwise a very good copy. Shortly after noon on 2 July 1970, tourists spotted a smashed motor car balancing precariously on a small ledge below the cliff tops of Loch Ard Gorge in southwestern Victoria. With only a few centimetres of crumbling limestone preventing the car from falling into the tumultuous seas below, the tourists expected it to be lost at any moment. A search and rescue worker scaled the sheer cliff to examine the car in the fading light. Among the debris a loaded rifle was found. But even more sinister was the smell of death emanating from the wreck. Then the search was abandoned for the night. Hundreds of kilometres away in suburban Melbourne, police had traced the car's registration to a triple fronted brick house, the home of the Crawford family. Police broke into the empty house and what… Read More